[arch-general] usb keyboard and mouse

[Armando M. Baratti]

Sergej Pupykin wrote:
> I use MS Inteli Mouse. And it does not want to work without usbmouse
> module if I plug it in into usb (without usb->ps/2 connector)
> 
> Here my xorg.conf mouse section:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "mouse"
>         Driver      "evdev"
>         Option      "ButtonNumber" "5"
>         Option      "Name" "Autodetection"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> I try now
> rmmod usbmouse
> on running X - mouse dissapeared
> 
> modprobe usbmouse
> makes mouse work again
> 
> 

If you changed MB maybe your evdev event number could have changed too.

	Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/eventN"

You can made it permanent using udev, see the posting by Asaru in this link:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34651



Armando